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Thanks all. Went around and spoke to the builder direct this morning. The architect had essentially got it wrong, thinking our dormer was at the party wall line, not set back, hence the neighbour then asking about walls being joined (he is a bit clueless about anything building related). The...

I live in a mid terrace and we did a dormer loft conversion 6 years ago. Kept within our side of party wall, so furthest extension is side of roof above soffits that hits the mid point. Flashing obviously goes over the ridge that makes up the party wall. I estimate our tiled dormer side wall is...

The neighbours concern is you use it as a patio and when seated you look straight over their fence and into the back of their house. I think as long as you don't use it for that and use it for flowers or planting, which you might walk up every so often to tend, you'll be fine. Will look a lot...

My understanding is anything over 30cm from lowest point of ground needs PP, and I would say this breaches it unfortunately. Privacy is clearly an issue and tbh I'm not surprised neighbours complained.... You could just use the lower patio for any sitting and cover the raised one in some wild...

Yeah, under no illusion how much groundwork will be required and amount of skips. And I'll have to take it all through the house:cry:...

Thanks for the replies. I recall seeing a video of a youtuber who had a completely hidden bunker installed in his garden and remember him saying it didn't need PP. Another option I'm considering is keeping it to 2.5m, but applying for PP to cover one of those roof lantern skylights, which...

I've been planning a self build garden office/gym for a while and ultimately want it to fall within permitted development. Lots of build resources are available and it will be a fairly simple insulated timber build with a cold flat roof. However I am limited to the 2.5m height rules as it's a...

No loft left as its a dormer conversion. Another finished bathroom above. Top of chimney stack was closed off and has been tiled. No signs of damp or water ingress up here, although I'm not going to pull the tiles off to look at this stage. Tiles or grout don't feel damp. Can't get on the roof...

Yes. Double skin London brick, painted pebble dash render on exterior.

4 weeks ago had some replastering done in bed and bathroom. House is mid terrace 1920s. Looked to be dried out nicely so I put mist coat of dulux super Matt (as instructions, 3 paint to 1 water). Bulk of work was on rear south facing external walls in both rooms, where a lot of the plaster had...

Thanks for the response. I am hoping this is the case, however all the correspondence and agreement refers to it being a public sewer. From research I've done pretty sure the utility companies took on a lot of these shared drains a few years ago and they now form part of the public sewer...

Looking for any professional advice or personal experience on an extension over a (believed) public sewer. We were undergoing a full house refurb and were using the same company to do a loft conversion and single storey rear extension. House is a mid-terrace c.1920. Loft was finished and rear...

Builders have confirmed 6mm tuff glass set with timber beading. Decided to take it out and board up myself. Thanks for the advice.

Email sent to builder asking if the fitting involves necessary seals etc. In the meantime I'll seek "permission" to see if I can just board it up...

Very helpful read, thanks. Might give this one a miss to do it properly. Yes, my concern is it will just be replaced with the beading, rather than proper seals that the article refers to.

Thanks in advance for any advice. Whilst undergoing extension building regs has highlighted a glass panel above a first floor bedroom door, about 70x70cm. It needs to be filled or replaced with fire proof glass. Door is timber frame, original 1920s door, smoke alarms being fitted in all rooms...

I haven't got the drawings to hand. They would have been based on a standard single upvc window which is their standard spec. Obviously sash has effectively doubled the depth of the window. I had another look today and when more tiles are hung on top of each other, they do project a bit more so...

Thanks for the reply. I sent the photos to the window supplier who has said that whilst sited further in would be better, as long as they're weather tight there shouldn't be an issue. Might not look the neatest but hopefully it won't bother me at ground level!

Hi, We are currently undergoing a loft conversion. Fairly standard mid terrace with rear dormer. Our building company were unable to supply a suitable upvc sash window, so we sourced our own Eco-slides locally. The windows have been fitted and having had a look tonight I fear they've been...